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[Apr 9, 2016] Sword and Lance 2016 a must to put in your diary! (Darlington)

Discussion in 'Figure Shows, Workshops and Events' started by Richie, May 27, 2015.

Sword and Lance 2016 a must to put in your diary!
Start Date: Apr 9, 2016 09:00 AM
End Date: Apr 9, 2016 03:00 PM
Time zone: Europe/London +01:00 BST

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Sword and Lance
Darlington College, Haughton Road
Darlington DL1 1DR

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  1. Richie A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Hi All,
    I have some breaking news for you all from our club show the Sword & Lance 2016. Steve Kirtley has been in talks with one of the world best known iconic modellers. Steve has spent sometime chasing this one down and was even in the U.S.A. finalising this for our club show earlier this month. Well done Steve K. a great coup for our show and club.

    I am very pleased to announce that BILL HORAN (from the USA) is coming to Sword & Lance 2016. The show will be on the 9th April at the usual venue.

    Bill is arguably the most well known figure modeller in the world & his books & magazine articles are excellent. He has won Best of Show at virtually every International show that there is. But has yet to cross scalpels with the chimp at the S & L.;)

    Bill will give a talk entitled "Recreating History in Miniature" and it is intended that we will charge for tickets to this unique event. As soon as I have more details I will update this post. Certainly not one to miss. He will also bring some of his latest figures as well as also giving a sculpting demo.

    I hope you are all as excited as I am and this is the just the icing on the cake for our show. I hope that you will all put this in your diaries and endeavour to make it to this wonderful friendly show of ours.

    Again well done Steve.(y)

    cheers
    Richie
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  2. Mark Dollery Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Now that is good news.....:).... TOPPER! (y)
    (any front seats left, Richie...:happy:)
    Mark D ;)
  3. Richie A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    All reserved for D.M.M.S lads I hope:angelic::LOL:, if not it will be the usual big banana fight.:facepalm: I know you will be there in the front row(y).
  4. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Looks a great event. But a 10 hours drive is to far to make it for a day.

    Marc
  5. Kirtles Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Marc, There are at least 2 daily KLM flights from Schiphol to Durham Tees Valley airport which is 10 minutes from the show! Might be worth a look - it would be great to see you there.
  6. billyturnip A Fixture

    Country:
    England
    Bill's not going to be happy when he finds out I'll be at sea.... he might not bother coming. :eek:
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  7. Mark Dollery Well-Known Member

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    United-Kingdom
    'All reserved for D.M.M.S lads I hope:angelic::LOL:, if not it will be the usual big banana fight.:facepalm: I know you will be there in the front row(y).'

    Are you providing the banana's Richie, :joyful::joyful:
    I'll get my coat....:facepalm:
    Mark D ;)
  8. megroot A Fixture

    Country:
    Netherlands
    Well, i think about it. Cannot find if it is a two days event or one day. That makes a difference into the price of the flight.

    Marc
  9. Richie A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Hi Marc,
    It is a one day event on Saturday 9th April 2016. We all hope you can make it over, it will be a great day I can assure you.
    cheers
    Richie
  10. Tommys War A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    That's quite a coup to get Bill over to S&L guys, well done you lot.

    Bill's 'responsible' for Tommy's War, it was his book that inspired me to return to modelling, and in particular figure modelling. I've spent hours and hours studying his work.
  11. Tommys War A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    I've booked it in to the 2016 show schedule and booked a trading table there, so Tommy's War is on its way to sunny Darlington?

    I've never been to Darlington before, but its ooop North, so I guess I'll be living on a diet of Greggs while I'm there. I'll take extra clothing as well as its a lot closer to the arctic circle.

    The only thing that can stop me now is if the mighty Birmingham City make the FA Cup final in 2016 - so I'll definitely be in Darlington!
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  12. Kirtles Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Darren, Glad to hear that you are coming - it'll be good to see you there. I think the cup final is about a month or so later? (in the unlikely event that Birmingham make it.....). There's a nice cafe (not owned by Greggs) in the venue so you won't go hungry!
  13. Tommys War A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Ah, I got confused with the date at the top of the thread, now I see its 9th April ;)
  14. Kirtles Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    I think you'd have got there a month late....
  15. Tommys War A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Yes, I must remember to ignore Richies 'put a date in your diary' posts, especially when he lists the wrong date! ;)

    "If you give 100 monkeys a typewriter for 100 years as some point one of them could reproduce one of the works of Shakespeare."
  16. Kirtles Well-Known Member

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    Hi Darren, I see what you mean - it's showing the date when Richie first posted & it's confusing. The date of the show is Saturday 9th April. Perhaps Richie may be able to alter it when he reads these posts? Cheers, Steve
  17. DEL A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    All you need to know Darren :D
    Ooooppp North, also known as The Grim North or T'up North...... basically if you're English it means anywhere North of where you live.
    If you're from Glasgow it's a legendary land of milk and honey bathed in sunshine occupied by a golden race hell bent on buying visitors many beers.
    To get there you need to seek out the mythical map showing a secret route past strategic piles of rubble, coal bings, along overgrown canal banks and over disused railway crossings ....... Then and only then will you enter the mystic portals of the closed and derelict factory where you will be greeted by Ritchie, Dennis and Lester and other acolytes recognisable by their clogs. flat caps and tshirt showing the logo of a Fishy on a little Dishy.
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  18. DEL A Fixture

    Country:
    Scotland
    It's safely in the diary (y) an outstanding capture for Steve especially following on from Mike.
    S&L, keeping a tradition of some stellar guests, I remember an excellent presentation by Marjins van Gils
    Cheers
    Derek
    Richie likes this.
  19. ghamilt1 A Fixture

    Country:
    Canada
    Quite a coup indeed. I've had the good fortune to have been able to see Bill's work up close on a number of occasions at shows this side of the pond, and they really are inspirational pieces. Congrats on being able to arrange this seminar and I wish I could be there.
  20. Eludia A Fixture

    Country:
    United-Kingdom
    It was a great show this year so I'll definitely be attending next year (y)

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